1.   In a sign of how completely Israel controls the area, the army Thursday night offered reporters footage of the Jordanians visiting the compound.

2.   Last week, however, only seven or eight people were living on or visiting the compound.

3.   No U.S. intelligence personnel visited the compounds before the raid, people who were in them say.

4.   On Christmas Day, Bishop Cipriani spent six hours visiting the compound, touching off speculation that he was acting as a negotiator.

5.   Two weeks ago, James L. Pate, an editor for Soldier of Fortune magazine, visited the compound, the only reporter admitted by the Freemen.

6.   A reporter visiting the compound saw large holes in a wall that could have been made by a tank shell or another large projectile.

7.   Before the violence began, many foreign tourists and Jews visited the compound, though they were not allowed to pray out of concern that would escalate tensions.

8.   Both Father Sampson and Sister Maria, who was visiting the compound Thursday, said they had been rebuffed in attempts to meet with Palestinian officials.

9.   Government negotiator Domingo Palermo has visited the compound only once.

10.   His luxurious home was well equipped with alcohol, which he offered to foreign journalists who visited his compound.